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The Crazy High-Concept Inflatable Bike Helmet Is Finally Buyable
If you’re sick of your bike helmet and you’d rather have something that looks like a giant baseball mitt to protect your cranium, you’re in luck. After seven whole years of development, the Hövdin invisible helmet is finally available for purchase.
The Yellow Sticker That Detects Emergencies And Alerts Your Contacts
ICEdot (In Case of Emergency) is expanding on ways to make life easier for people injured or involved in accidents. It has worked with a company called SenseTech to create a tiny helmet sensor that knows when you’ve been in an accident, how severe it was, and automatically trigger your phone to call for help.
RMIT Researcher Builds His Own Psychedelic, Direction-Indicating Bicycle Helmet
Even for the most careful and law-abiding of cyclists, riding can be a terrifying activity. And that’s during the day — at night, multiple the danger a hundred times over, if not more. You can combat the risk by slapping all manner of blinking lights and reflective vests on your person but, at the end of the day, you still need to stick your hand out to indicator or otherwise signal motorists.
Ridiculous Apocalypse-Proof Shopping Bag Helmet Could Save Your Life
When you look at this weird shopping bag helmet reported by Digital Info you’re probably thinking, “There’s no way in hell I’m ever putting that thing on my head.” If you’re lucky, you’ll never have to. But when it goes down, you’ll be lucky to have one.
Sustainable Wood And Cork Helmet Is As Safe As Your Plastic And Foam One
The general rise of artisanal wares over the past few years hasn’t been particularly shocking. But to see that trend spill over into safety products — almost exclusively the domain of science, technology and research — is a bit strange. Especially when it’s a bike helmet meant to protect your brain.
Google Glasses Patents Hint At Helmets To Match Specs
It looks like Google has been making moves to lock down the intellectual property behind Project Glass. The company has been granted three patents that could give some clues about the guts behind the augmented reality specs, aside from the teaser that dropped earlier in the month.
